The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is “forbidden”, whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is “compulsory”. – jmc 1994
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October 25th, 2011 · 4 Comments
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1 Surreptitious Evil // Oct 25, 2011 at 10:45 am
It just shows how far “contemporary liberalism” has fallen from “classical liberalism”.
Of course, in the American context referred to in the quite, it is simply used to mean “Commie-lite” by people who can’t say “progressive” without spitting.
2 Ian B // Oct 25, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Well, “liberalism” is distinct from communism, although it has incoporated Marxist elements; its heritage is Victorian Era moral reformism rather than Hegel and Marx. I think one way of disinguishing the two is that Communism is sympathetic to the proleteriat, who need emancipation from the oppressive bourgeoisie. Under “liberalism”/progressivism, the proleteriat are the authors of their own misfortune who have succumbed to mundane spiritual corruption (beer and skittles) and thus need salvation by the bourgeois class.
3 john malpas // Oct 25, 2011 at 9:34 pm
And the difference is?
4 Surreptitious Evil // Oct 26, 2011 at 9:41 am
Merely which bunch of scum think they should be in power after the blood-soaked revolution has petered out.
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